intelligence official
collocation in Englishmeaningsofintelligenceandofficial
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intelligence
noun
uk/ɪnˈtel.ɪ.dʒəns/us/ɪnˈtel.ə.dʒəns/
the ability to learn, understand, and make judgments or have opinions that are based ...
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official
noun[C]
uk/əˈfɪʃ.əl/us/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
a person who has a position of responsibility in ...
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(Definition ofintelligenceandofficialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A formerintelligenceofficialstated we spent millions of dollars chasing false alarms.
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This also has been denied by anintelligenceofficial.
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We're getting names, the different camps they trained at, the hierarchy, the infighting, says anintelligenceofficial.
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Recent research does suggest far greater involvement in the affair than formerly held by select diplomats and intelligence officials, acting of their own volition.
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It was claimed by the organisation a day later, saying that it targeted a meeting of senior apostate intelligence officials.
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Still, many privately admit to getting occasional pressure from security and intelligence officials.
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Intelligence officials have concluded that such a meeting did not occur.
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The newspaper reported the villagers live in a constant wary because of policemen and intelligence officials' visits who often come in plain clothes.
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Our law enforcement and intelligence officials are closely monitoring the ongoing investigations.
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However, according to intelligence officials, fewer expatriates were joining the group's ranks by late 2013.
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Unfortunately, a number of mid-level managers get overly worried about form, and wise top-level intelligence officials make sure that does not happen.
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Intelligence officials stated that some of the funds were used to prepare for an attack that would have detonated explosives on board transatlantic airflights.
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Any attempted controls would be costly and would deprive the intelligence officials of a valuable source of information.
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American intelligence officials and the press used the pseudonym for at least two individuals.
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The term safe house, on the other hand, is used by intelligence officials, or by those involved in organized crime, and those who investigate them.
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It was directed to intelligence officials.
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